Sonia Rios The Black Widow of Lomita

Sonia Rios is the black widow who hired her family members to kill her husband. In 1987, Sonia Rios is married to Earl Bourdeau. Sonia Rios hire her family members to kill her husband while visiting in the Philippines. A few year back in April 18, 2006, Sonia Rios “the black widow” strikes again. She ordered her relatives to kill her second husband Larry Risken ( a ranking officer or Commander in the U.S. Navy) while visiting the Philippines. Both Earl Bourdeau and Larry Risken were shot in the head. Sonia sent both her husbands to the Philippines while she stays in California and have them executed by her relatives.

Larry Risken, the late husband of Sonia Rios grew up in Washington State California. He followed his fathers footsteps by entering the U.S. Navy when he was 20 years old and have built his career rising to be a Commander. Larry Risken met Sonia Rios and for Larry, it was love at first sight when he first saw Sonia Rios. But Sherry Jackson, Larry’s little sister is suspicious about Sonia Rios’s personality. Larry and Sonia began dating but the Risken’s knew very little about Sonia’s past. All they knew is that sonia was divorced in her first marriage. They also knew that Sonia Rios had a Corvette that she drove and was very successful as a business woman. Her close friends think she came up the hard way from rags-to-riches story. She owned a beauty salon in Lomita, California. Grew up in a poor family in the Philippines.

After a brief courtship, Larry Risken and Sonia Rios got married in 1990 in three separate ceremonies. Sherry Jackson says neither she nor her parents were invited to any of them. The relationship of Larry Risken towards his family suddenly changed whe he met Sonia Rios. Sonia and Larry went to the Philippines to spend time with Sonia’s family. Larry met Sonia’s niece, Quinzy, and nephew, Jetmark whom they decided to adopt to give them a good life in the U.S.

In 1995, Larry left active duty from the Navy and become a Special Education Teacher for high school students. Even though Larry’s new job is turning out pretty well, his marriage with Sonia is not as well as it seems. For years, Larry believed Sonia was working to finalize the adoption of Quinzy and Jetmark. She would tell Larry that there were something wrong with the adoption papers, but later on, Larry found out that Sonia Rios is sabotaging the adoption process.

It was very frustrating for Larry that Sonia Rios would lie to him. He began seeing his friend Eileen Stevens and later told Sonia that he had feelings for Eileen. Sonia went into a rage and began to tell people that Larry is using drugs and sort of things. Larry got fed up and decided to end their 16 years of marriage. Sonia agreed to the divorce, but said they would only separate after Larry’s long-planned trip to visit the kids in the Philippines. He would go alone.

Sherry Jackson was terrified with the thought that Larry Risken might be walking in a trap. Larry was very excited to see Sonia’s niece and nephew. But Sherry Jackson had a bad feeling about the trip. Sherry told Larry not to go to the Philippines for something is telling her that his brother is going to be harmed.

It was the night of April 18, 2006 when Larry Risken was murdered. He was shot in the head by two gun men in a motorcycle while in a parking lot of a local hospital. An investigation took place and it interest the investigators after knowing that Sonia Rios’s first husband was also murdered in the Philippines and 5 got arrested wherein 2 of them were Sonia’s brothers. Unfortunately, the investigation stopped there. The investigators thought that someone might have paid to get the investigation stopped and their suspision is the beneficiary of the deceased no other than Sonia Rios.

Sonia did cash in after her first husband’s death, collecting tens of thousands of dollars. Nineteen years later, she tried it again after her 2nd husband Larry Risken’s death. Sonia was not able to cash in because Sherry Jackson alerted the insurance companies, saying that Sonia was responsible for her brother’s murder and the insurance payouts were frozen. Before the one year anniversary of Larry Risken’s murder, someone made an unexpected visit to Sonia Rios at her salon. Somebody runs in there and fires a shot at her, misses and yells, ‘I’ll be back.

To make the story short, The black widow of Lomita, 60-year-old Sonia Rios, was found in her home in a pool of blood dead, ironically, from a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators have ruled out Sherry Jackson And Law Risken the sister and father of Larry Risken as the primary suspects for the death of Sonia Rios. A more intriguing part is that before the death of Sonia Rios, Sherry Jackson began receiving emails from a suspicious sender saying “Everybody knows that Sonia murdered you brother. I can get someone to kill Sonia Rios Risken.” signed by John Bourdeauwhich happened to be Sonia Rios’s secret son who was adopted by Earl Bourdeau and only heir and beneficiary of Sonia Rios. Investigators went to talk to John and it happened that the emails were sent just to frame up John Bordeau. So the big question here is who really killed Sonia Rios? or Sent those E-mails to Sherry Jackson?

The bones of Earl Bourdeau were found in a cemetery outside Manila Philippines and were identified through DNA Test. The murders of John Bourdeau, Larry Risken, and Sonia Rios however, remain unsolved until today.

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Police should investigate the relatives of Sonia in the Philippines and coordinate with local police, or get a private detective. From the CI tv story, there was a nephew who was scamming the sister of Larry Risken for the return of his remains. As for the racist comments here – NOT ALL Filipinas are like Sonia Rios as not all Americans are like O.J.Simpson or other brutal killers in any nationality. It’s unfair to judge a whole country for the crime of some, and all nations have their share of “bad apples”. To those who have never been to the Philippines, do not generalize ALL AREAS as crime infested, just like the USA where New York Bronx, Chicago, Miami, and Arizona are also crime infested. Statistically, more crimes in the USA remain unsolved so let’s not get into prejudiced and biased assumptions about the crime rate in the Phillipines. Lastly, people with a higher level of IQ usually stick to the issues when commenting and DO NOT GET PERSONAL or RACIST with their vocabulary. Arrogance & pride always precede the downfall of a nation/race.

Most commenter here are still stuck in “rotten era” where u stereotype one race based on what this one person’s wrong doing!!! It’s sad to know you people still exist in this world! You should all get a bigger brain to widen your narrow mind or someone should slap you in the face to make you realize you’re in 21st century! This is just one case of a heartless Filipina, you ignorant morons!!! to:R.U.SERIOUS, I assume you are one of those race you mentioned, LMAO…

All foreign women from especially: Salvadorian, Nicaraguan, Fillipina are money hungry whores! They are ONLY concerned about their image…they put american women down sleep with married men and destroy homes. Arabic, American, Russian and Mexican women are way classy and dignant…they WORK hard.

Any nationality has its own bad and good versions of women.
Sonia is the bad version. It is not the nationality, it is the heart and soul of a person whereever country she came from.Nobody can stereotype that all Filipinas are bad and black widows. Again, snakes are everywhere.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011, coming soon….It seems as though since time place a sealant
and masks out the past. We who survive and are counted as amoung the LIVING, continue to move along into the Future, But some of us can never let go of the past, it is part of our lives and will remain
embedded in our memories. I’m sure the past events have helped to shape the furture of those of whom
became involved in those tragic events not too Long ago. I know that those who remain behind bars
in L.A. Jail system, have yet too meet their fate. Their crimes of murder (Sonia Rios Risken) and possible Others?? There Pre-Trial date as been change periodically the new one is as follows,
January 7th 2011…For those who were wondering and have concerns for justice.

She’s human after all. No one has the right to throw a stone at her coz everybody is a sinner. If u lied or cheat to ur wife is also a sin equivalent to murder. She can be forgiven had she confessed her sins and repent and trusted the Lord before she died, u’ll never know.. so dnt judge her. You may one day see her in heaven when ur time is up here on earth had she repent and accepted the Lord, and u’ll be in the lake of fire because u didnt repent.. the twist of fate. Don’t curse a sinner and wish her to be condemned to hell, u committed sin on that and therefore will be in hell too.

A murderer is everywhere, the devil is everywhere, not only in the philippines.. the devil will do everything he can to drag u to hell him

Well, As the Wheels Of Time Turns and Moves Forward into Future which is Now! Along with Time, so
does its mysteries become less mysterious. This date in time Eric Delacruz, Sonia (Great Nephew) and
his fellow Navy Buddy Fernando Romero, both charged with murder for Sonia Rios Risken death.
They now sit in Lock-Up in somewhere in L.A. Jail awaiting their fate. I read their court date is
11/16/2010. I also read that F.B.I and L.A. Police, and Cavite Police P.I. are now working together
to unrapple these crimes. Being a Christian I was taught to believe that every person is important and
given life thu the power of the almighty, and in each person their is a Human Soul. No matter how evil
a person may seem their is Good with them. We must bind our strengths to forgive those who threspass
against us. At the same time protecting ourselves as it is our duty to do so! Being greedy and hateful,
will bring dispair, misery, empty ness, loneliness, The answer is in God.

I am an American Filipino. Some of the comments I read here is so racial as if we Filipinos are bad. There are all bad people. w/different races all around the world so don’t be such a hypocrite of yourself. They are many people. from different countries married to Americans living a happy life. There are even Americans that murders there spouse which came from out of the countries. Take a good look on how the world is revolving, watch the news and observe how this planet is living. Scum bags who is ignorant such as some of the comments I read here, is an example of those lack of education that exist in this world. Stop the criticism, racism, and start loving humanity. Open your damn eyes!

I’m Filipina–I’m a good wife and I love my husband faithfully. I work many hours a day, and still manage to do the household chores. I serve, cater, cook, massage, take care of my husband. I am the one who manage our bills/budget, go food shopping, do laundry and so on. Physically Im tired but I dont really mind because I love to do things for my so called my half. Even though my husband is an alcoholic…I still do love him because he’s a good person, until one night; got into an arguement and I was shocked, he turned out to be verbally and physically abusive to me….he called me a “Black Widow”. I never knew what he meant by that. Our marriage turned sour and bitter, it hurts me deeply because I dont know why he changed? So I went on line (even though we were married for 6 yrs) to look for stereotypes/interacial marriages-hoping that will help me better understand his attitude or maybe I can get something or some advice. Unfortunately, I found this story…I never knew this story, I was so busy and I never heard of this story,……now I know , now I recalled that moment he was fighting with me, but why? I did’nt do anything wrong. I am very upset for his ignorance, why my own husband labeled or called me a “black widow” –doesnt make sense at all. I am a good wife and because of this I have to suffer? and maybe the end of my marriage to him….I’m so sad because it is not my fault. We were happy, I was very much happy but not anymore. YES! I am Filipino but not every Filipino women are like her! As a matter of fact, honestly, in general we are loyal , humble, loving and very submissive to our husbands…I know that because I was born and raised in the Philippines.
Interacial Marriages- caucasian, african-american, etc
*Listen please, if you knew in action especially in your heart that your Filipino wife is good to you….respect and don’t stop loving her coz I assure you, you will be loved even more. God Bless.

Let’s be honest to each other. Evil is a human trait. No other animal premeditates killing members of its own for personal gain. Unfortunately, cold indifference and murderer is uniquely a human trait that transends all borders, all nationalities, and all races. Sonia was just another mentally diseased human soul that Karma extinguished. The only suffering beyond death is the burden of loved ones.

Hey 20xbetterthan you. Wake up with your norrow mind. People like you should be executed. Sonia rios is Sonia rios. She’s a crazy bitch but don’t generalize. People like you should be executed. People like you create more problems to this world. Sooo… Look what happen to twin building, not all Muslims are terrorist. Some of their family died there too and yet people like you killed innocent Muslims. You don’t know what your talking about. Not all people are the same whatever their race, religion, nationality… Etc… They are not all the same… You 20xbetterthanyou shouldn’t even make a comment… Your soo dumb… You should go to HELL too… You should pray to God and look at yourself before others… Ok. Anyways, I wanted to know who killed her too and what happened more details. I hope Sonia Rios suffer more than dying. That’s too quick. She should see and suffer the same to what she did. Her relative should be ashame of themselves, what did this men did to them, this are good guys that needs to remain here on earth alive. As far as what I read and saw, all they did was help the family of Sonia Rios.

my own opinion,never ever try to marry that kind of person, most filipinas doing that for sake of evils mind and greedy intentions especially using americans! dont fall for their innocent look, they are evil!
Dont go to the Philippines, search first before you try to visit that country. You dont know whats gonna happen next! You may found that yourself is in danger…..think many times…..She is one HELL of a women, I hope your soul burn in HELL! Biotch!